Gay Bear Video Game Lead Helps Promote Equality in Gaming

With the subject of the representation of gay people in games high on our agenda right now, Nicoll Hunt – the developer behind side-scroller Fist of Awesome– has revealed that he always intended for the game’s lead to be gay.

According to Hunt, Fist of Awesome’s Tim Burr – who spends his days punching bears – would have been affectionately ‘outed’ at the very end of the game.